Chapter Thirty-Five: Never Short of Women

“Grandfather has picked out another group of people for you. Mother is looking them over now. Go downstairs and look at the photographs as well.”

With that, he strode toward the room.

Xu Nannan watched him leave without a trace of mercy and felt tears welling up again.

When Fu Luoning emerged from the bathroom, she saw Gu Linzhou standing by the window on the phone. She turned, went to the dressing room, brought out a quilt, and tossed it onto the bed. Then she took a pillow and laid it across the middle. Only after finishing did she realize that Gu Linzhou had already ended his call and was silently watching her.

More importantly, players from across the game were now flocking to the capital, leaving Falling-Green City unusually quiet. The dog demon had seized this opening, summoned countless hound monsters, and launched a massive assault on Falling-Green City.

When they returned to Returning Garden and Old Li the Foreigner came out, Wu and the others, who had never seen much of the world, were so frightened that they screamed, insisting that wild men from the mountains had come down. Qian Sangui was not particularly afraid. Back when he had escorted caravans, he had encountered foreign tribesmen before.

“Elder Sister Chang’e! Whoever bullied you, just tell me. Your Brother Taiyi isn’t here, but you still have me, your younger brother Nezha!” Nezha was so stirred that his blood surged; he pounded his chest with resounding slaps.

The Tusita Immortal of today owed him nothing. What right did he have to stop a Great Firmament Golden Immortal?

“Hmph. By the time they get here, all they’ll be able to do is collect our bodies!” Luo Qiaoyu remained relentless.

He spent a long time probing, but Yuan Yi and his companion merely said that they wished to see him, revealing nothing specific. Gao Feng was all the more curious.

“I’ll feel guilty.” Huyan Nuanxin reached to remove her cloak and return it to Mo Liuchi, but he caught her hand and enclosed it in his palm. Her hand was cold.

Years of marital affection could not possibly be destroyed simply because Yu Fengjiao had tried to kill Sheng Jintian. Besides, Sheng Xueli had grown accustomed to relying on Yu Fengjiao. Perhaps he had endured her behavior for a long time; perhaps he merely wanted to give the second branch of the Sheng family a respectable explanation. In any case, the matter quietly came to an end without further consequence.

It was Qian Yixiu’s first time eating with so many relatives. Apart from Cheng Yue and Qian Manxia, who had stayed home; Qian Yishan and Qian Yijin, who were at school; Old Qian and the fourth branch, who were far away in the provincial capital; and Qian Manwan and Qian Manhua, who had married out, the entire Old Qian family had gathered. Even Qian Manhe, who had gone into the county town to sell wild grass, had hurried back.

“This is the third time I’m telling you: no matter how much you offer, I’ll always bid a million more than you! Hurry up and name a high price, then get lost!” Jin Ya impatiently pointed toward the door.

Zhou Weiguo had been designated commander for this mission. The First Company, the Second Company, and the reconnaissance platoon were all placed under his command.

“I’ve heard of it, but I’ve never seen one before. This is my first time,” Mo Xuewei said thoughtfully. She had never expected the legendary beast to be real.

Chu Wanning also pretended not to know anything. Yunshan lowered his head and asked, “Ning’er, we’re not interrogating you. We only want to know whether Jing Bai took the Phoenix-Luan Flower.”

“I understand, Qianqian. Suppose—I mean, just suppose—I took you to live in seclusion in a valley like a paradise beyond the mortal world. Would you be willing? It isn’t very far from Yanyan’s grave. I only recently discovered the place. Would that bother you?” Lin Hao asked.

There was not a trace of light inside the room, and I could see nothing at all. I circulated my power, concentrated my inner strength in two fingers, and successively stimulated the Zan Zhu, Yu Yao, and Si Bai acupoints. As I meditated, I sensed a warm current moving around my eyes.

They could find ways to decline other matters. But when it came to repaying the debt of gratitude by avenging Qin Chaoyang, the genius disciple of the Northern Spirit Sect, there was absolutely no way to refuse.

Nono could feel her consciousness sinking into a boundless darkness. At that very moment, a familiar warmth suddenly swept through her entire body, as though someone had wrapped powerful arms around her from behind.

But that day was different. At dawn, just as the sky began to brighten, my eldest senior brother flew onto my belly and started crowing. That’s right—my eldest senior brother was a large white rooster. He was extraordinarily intelligent, had lived from the time I could remember until now, and could even understand human speech.